About the Center
The Rosenberg International Franchise Center aims to explore and advance the understanding of franchising, which represents over $1.5 trillion of the business conducted in the world annually.
The center offers a franchising class for business students at the Whittemore School of Business and Economics. The course seeks to educate students in the fundamentals of franchising and covers various topics in franchise management.
In addition, the center is actively involved in the communities of franchising, both to gain information about current trends and challenges and to share insights and solutions. The center interacts with industry experts and the International Franchise Association (IFA) to produce timely and meaningful research reports and forecasts. Currently, the center maintains an extensive financial database of publicly listed franchising corporations and is in the process of building the world’s most comprehensive research bibliography on franchising.
Mission Statement
- To produce a broad range of franchise-related research that addresses issues of present and potential future interest.
- To educate students and entrepreneurs about franchising and business issues relevant to the franchise community.
- To stage periodic international symposia allowing for the interaction of academic and business leaders in the field of franchising.
Visitors since March 3, 2009
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UNH Franchising Index Extends Strong Rebound in Q1 2012
The UNH Rosenberg Center Franchise 50 Index, which tracks publicly traded companies in the United States engaged in business format franchising, rose 8.1 percent in the first quarter of 2012, extending its strong rebound from the dip in the third quarter of 2011.
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Economic uncertainties plague franchising index; 9.5% drop in third quarter
"The debt crisis in Europe with Greece on the verge of default, political gridlock in Washington, a historical downgrade of the U.S.
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Franchisors Drop as Market Tumbles in Q3
Out of the University of New Hampshire's Rosenberg Center list of 50 publicly-traded franchisors, 44 franchisors lost market value in the third quarter of 2011. These firms are typically the largest and most well-established of the thousands of franchising companies. Most...
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Pizza Hut Owner Fights Zor to Hang On
"At times, the relationship between a franchisor and its franchise can seem at odds with one another," said Udo Schlentrich, director of the Rosenberg International Center of Franchising at the University of New Hampshire's Whittemore School of Business and Economics. "It's a...
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Investing in Franchise Stocks
Professor Udo Schlentrich, director of the University of New Hampshire’s William Rosenberg International Franchise Center has this to say about the performance of the RCF 50 Index during and interview with Blue MauMau: “Although the Fran 50 companies have out-performed the S&P 500...
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UNH franchise index plunges
Fears of a recession and economic woes pushed the Rosenberg Center Franchise 50 Index down in the fourth quarter of 2007, with the index of the top 50 U.S. public franchisors falling 5.5 percent amid a broad market decline. "Many of the components of the index are in business sectors (...
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UNH Rosenberg Center Franchise 50 Index Outperforms S&P In 2006
The University of New Hampshire Rosenberg Center Franchise 50 Index outperformed the S&P 500 in 2006, and ended the year with a record 13.3 percent jump in the fourth quarter of 2006. The Rosenberg Center Franchise 50 Index, which was created by...
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Franchise index growth shows franchising better understood by investment community
Mr. Blue MauMau caught up with Professor Udo Schlentrich, director of the University of New Hampshire's William Rosenberg International Franchise Center, to ask a few questions on how franchise owners and potential owners should look...
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Panera Bread Takes Top Spot In UNH Rosenberg Center Franchise 50 Index
Panera Bread rebounded from last year's poor performance and was the top performer in the first quarter of 2005 in the Rosenberg Center Franchise 50 Index while Krispy Kreme's downward slide continued during the same period, making it the worst...
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UNH Franchising Center Aligns with Australia's Griffith University
The Rosenberg International Center of Franchising at the University of New Hampshire Whittemore School of Business and Economics has entered into a formal research collaboration with Griffith University in Australia...“Australia is strategically...
